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mirel
It's here:
https://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/906999/guardian-prize-29446/

Thankyou, still none the wiser. Perhaps the penny will drop when I get a few more answers in,only have 6 so far.

Havermonkey,
The wordplay for 8a is all in reverse. Cooler as a slang term. Defn is the last word. 1d will give you a useful crosser.

Thanks Jono, will have another look. I have that crosser and was trying to shoehorn it into the first three words of the clue. Thanks for confirming the def.

Agreed, quite a challenge, despite cracking the central theme word early on. For me, 15a has all the hallmarks of a great clue: extremely brief, a totally plausible surface read, and an almost invisible definition.

Thank you Hamish for this and your Never give up on Rick Astley letter in today’s Guardian. Much appreciated by an Oldie who was not with it but still admired your very clever crossword ( and managed to finish).
Looks like today’s contribution from Paul is another tough one.

Did anyone spot the spelling of the initial letters of clues last week .
Pure genius!

Thanks dhope, I would never have spotted that. Absolute genius from Soup!
Perhaps we should put any comments on last week's thread now

Any help with 4 7 or 14 would be appreciated

4: defn "odd fish" (pl), parses as 3 inside 4